Educational toy



Jan. 30, 1951 E. WOLD EDUCATIONAL TOY Filed March 29, 1947 .3 /////A!, W 4W Patented Jan. 30, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,539,765 EDUCATIONAL TOY Eleanor Wold, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application March 29, 1947, Serial No. 738,106

3 Claims.

This invention relates to toys, and more particularly to an educational toy.

The general object of the invention is to provide an attractive, interesting and amusing educational toy, by means of which children may easily learn difierent shapes of objects and different colors.

A more particular object is to provide an educational toy comprising a plurality of single pegs and multiple peg units of difierent shapes and colors, and a board provided with a plurality of holes of different shapes and suitably arranged to receive said single pegs and said pegs of said multiple peg units, so that a child with a little practice may soon learn to place the different pegs in the holes arranged, respectively, to receive them.

Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter.

The invention is illustrated in the annexed drawing, which forms a part of this specification and in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of my invention showing thepegs placed correctly in the holes in the board of the toy.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of my invention taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of one of the multiple peg units.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of another multiple peg unit.

Fig. 6 is a cross section of the connecting member of the multiple peg u it shown in Figs. 1 and 2, taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is a cross section of one of the legs of one of the peg units shown in Figs. 1 and 2, taken on line 'i'I of Fig. 2.

Fig. 8 is a cross section of one of the legs of the peg unit shown in Fig. 5, taken on line 38 of Fig. 5. I

Referring more particularly to the drawings, in which corresponding parts are designated by the same reference numerals in all of the figures, my invention comprises a board I and two round pegs 2 and 3; a multiple peg unit 4 including a pair of round pegs 5 and 5; a multiple peg unit 1 including three round pegs 8, 9 and II}; two single square pegs I I and I2; and four multiple peg units I3, I4, I5 and I6; the unit I3 including two square pegs I! and I8; the unit I4 including two square pegs I3 and 23; the. unit I5 including two pegsZI and 22 which are oblong in cross section; and-fthe unit It including three square pegs 2 24 and 25.

The board I is provided with holes 26, 27, 2B and 29; 30, 3| and 32; 33, 33, and 36; 31 and 38; 39 and and II, 42 and 43, which holes extend downwardly in the board from the upper surface of the board only part way through the board, providing a bottom wall I for each hole, upon which walls the lower ends of the pegs rest, so that upon lifting the board from a support the pegs will be retained in the board by said bottom walls.

The holes 26 and 21 are round and are of a size to receive the single pegs 2 and 3, respectively. The holes 28 and 29 are round and of a size to receive the pegs 5 and 6 of the peg unit 4. The holes 33, 3I and 32 are round and of a size to receive the pegs 8, 9 and m of the peg unit I. The holes 33 and 34 are square and of a size to receive the single square pegs I I and I2, respectively. The holes 35 and 36 are square and of a size to receive the pegs I1 and I8 of the peg unit I3. The holes 31 and 38 are square and of a size to receive the pegs I9 and 20 of the peg unit I4. The holes 39 and All are oblong and of a size to receive theoblong pegs 2I and 22 of the peg unit I5. The holes t I, 42 and 43 are square and of a size to receive thepegs 23, 24, and 25 of the peg unit I6.

The round hole 26 and round peg 2 are of larger diameter than the round hole 21 and round peg 3, so that the peg 2 will not fit in the hole 21, and the peg 3 will not fit snugly in the hole 26. The peg unit 4 inclu es an arcuate cylindrical connecting member 44 of the same diameter as the pegs 5 and 3 of said unit and connects at its ends said pegs at a given distance apart, and the holes 28 and 29 are spaced at the and 29, and the pegs 5 and 6 are too small thel holes 30, 3| and 32. Furthermore, the. s

same distance apart as the pegs 5 and 6 to receive said pegs. The peg unit I includes an arouate cylindrical connecting member 35 of the same diameter as the pegs 8, 9 and I!) of said unit, and the pegs 8 and II! are connected at their upper ends to the ends. respectively, of said connecting member, while the peg 9 is connected at its upper end to said connecting member intermediate the ends of said member, whereby said pegs 8, 9 and I0 are connected at such distances apart as to fit only in the round holes 3!], 3! and 32, respectively, in the board I. The pegs 8, 9 and I0 of unit I and the holes 33, 3I and 32 for said pegs are larger in diameter than the pegs 5 and 6, and the holes 28 and 29 for said pegs, so that the pegs 8, 9 and I0 cannot fit in the holes za and 6, and the holes 28 and 23 are spaced further apart than the holes 36 and 3|, 3| and 32, and 30 and 32, so that pegs 5 and 6 of unit 4 will not fit in any two of the holes 38, 3| and 32, and the unit 7 having three pegs 8, 9 and [6 said pegs cannot fit in the two holes 28 and 26 for the unit 4.

The square peg II and hole 33 are smaller in cross sectional area than the square peg l2 and hole 3 2, so that the peg H is too small to fit the hole 34 and the peg i2 is too large to fit the hole 33.

The unit I3 includes a square connecting bar 46 of the same size as the square pegs I! and E6 of said unit, which bar is connected at its endsto the upper ends of said pegs at right angles to said pegs, whereby said pegs are connected at such distance apart by said bar as to ,fit in .the Square holes 35 and 36 in the board I The unit I 4 includes a square connecting bar 4'! of the same size as the square pegs 37 and 38, which bar is connected at its ends to the upper ends of said pegs, respectively, at right angles to said pegs, whereby said pegs are connected at such distance apart :as to fit in the square holes 3;! and 38 in the board I.

The unit [5 includes an oblong connecting bar 48 of the-same size as the oblong pegs 2-! and'22, which bar is connected at its ends to the upper ends of said pegs, respectively, at right angles to said pegs, whereby said pegs are connected at such distance apart as to fit ;in the oblong holes 39 and 4a in the board I.

The unit -I 6 includes asquare connecting bar 43 of the same size as the square p gs 23, 24 and 25, which bar is connected at its ends to the upper ends of the square pegs '23 and :and is con-. nected intermediate its ends to the upper end of the peg 24, whereby said pegs are connected at such distances apart that the pegs 23, 24 and 25 will fit in the square holes 41,42 and 43, respectively, in the board I.

The lengths of the bars 46, 47 and -49 of the units 83, I4 and [6, respectively, are different, which lengths of said barsspace apart at difierent distances the pegs H and I8 of unit l3, the pegs l9 and 26 of unit M, and the pegs 23, 24 and 25 of unit I 6, respectively, and the holes and 36, the holes 37 and 38, and the 'holes -41, G2 and 43 are spaced apart at correspondingly .dilferent distances to receive only the pegs of said units, respectively, so that the pegs of any of said units cannot be inserted in the holes for the pegs of any of said other units. The pegs 2-] and 22 of unit l5 and the holes 39 and 46 for said pegs being oblong, said pegs will not fit in any of the 5 other holes in the board, which other holes are either round or square, and none of the square or round pegs willfit in said oblong holes 39 and '26 forthe unit I5.

The single pegs and the multiple peg units 4 colors of said pegs and how to count up to 10, since there are ten peg units altogether, so that the toy is both amusing and educational to a child.

I claim:

5 1. An educational toy including a board provided with a plurality of groups of holes, each group including the same number of holes in the same spaced relation as said other groups, said board being also provided with a plurality of is single holes, each associated with one of said groups of holes, a peg unit formed with a number of pegs corresponding in number and spaced relation to the number and spaced relation of theholes of each of said groups of holes for fitting is in the holes of each of said groups, respectively,

and a single peg for fitting in any one of said holes.

2. An educational toy including a board provided with a plurality of groups of holes, each of in said groups including the same number of holes in the same spaced relation and of the same cross section as said other groups of holes, said board being provided with a second plurality of groups of holes, each of said second plurality of groups of holes including the same number :of

holes, in the same spaced relationand of the same cross section, as said other groups of holes "in said second plurality of groups of holes, but of different cross section from the holes of said first plurality of groups of holes, a peg unit formed with pegs corresponding in number, spaced relation and cross section to the holes in each group of holes in said first plurality of groups .of holes for fitting in the holes in each group of said holes in said first plurality of groups of holes, and a second peg unit formed with pegs corresponding in number, spaced relation and cross section to the holes in each group of holes in said second plurality of groups of holes for fittingjn the holes of each group of 'holes in said second plurality of groups 'of .holes.

3. An educational toy as claimed in claim 2 including single holes of difierent cross section in said board associated with said groups of holes.

ELEANOR WOLD.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 513,061 Fuller Apr. 10, 1894 610,577 Baldwin Sept. 13, 1898 741,903 Gates Oct. 20, 1903 2,327,718 Kassler Aug. 24, 1943 2,339,074 Hogan Janyl'l, 1944 2,377,100 Patterson May 29,1945 2,416,959 Segal Mar. 4, 1947 2,477,825 Richardson Aug. 2, 1949 OTHER REFERENCES Catalogue of C. H. Stoelting C0. covering Psychological and Physiological Apparatus and Supplies; received in Patent Office Library Aug. 1 0; page 129. 

